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Bertil Ohlin

F - International Economics

Bertil Ohlin (1899-1979) was a Swedish economist and politician, a leading figure of the Stockholm School. With his teacher Eli Heckscher he co-developed the Heckscher-Ohlin model of international trade, explaining trade patterns through countries' relative factor endowments. He shared the 1977 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with James Meade. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1899-04-23 1
Death Date
1979-08-03 1
Nationality
Swedish 1
Connections

Associated With School

Stockholm School, Schools of Thought
Source Bertil Ohlin (Wikipedia)

Influenced By

Knut Wicksell, Economists
Additional Source WikipediaKnut Wicksell, Stockholm School / legacy section
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Nationality

Sweden

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Source Bertil Ohlin (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1
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Bertil Gotthard Ohlin (Swedish: [ˈbæ̌ʈːɪl ʊˈliːn]) (23 April 1899 – 3 August 1979) was a Swedish economist and politician.
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1. Bertil Ohlin (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    He was jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1977 together with the British economist James Meade for their pathbreaking contribution to the theory of international trade and international capital movements.
  • Infobox, Born field
    23 April 1899
  • Infobox, Died field
    3 August 1979
  • In Group: International Trade Theorists, Lead
    Ohlin's name lives on in one of the standard mathematical models of international free trade, the Heckscher-Ohlin model, which he developed together with Eli Heckscher.
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Wikimedia FoundationInfluenced By: Knut Wicksell, Knut Wicksell, Stockholm School / legacy section
Quote, Influenced By: Knut Wicksell, Knut Wicksell, Stockholm School / legacy section
In Stockholm, Wicksell associated himself with other future great economists of the so-called "Stockholm School," such as Bertil Ohlin, Gunnar Myrdal and Erik Lindahl.
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